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Oscar and Lucinda
film by Armstrong [1997]
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discussed in biography
- In Gillian Armstrong
Oscar and Lucinda (1997), set in mid-19th-century Australia and based on a novel by Peter Carey, was also well received. Her later movies included the World War II drama Charlotte Gray (2001), which starred Cate Blanchett, and Death Defying Acts (2007), a fable about Harry…
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novel by Carey
- In Peter Carey
…and Oscar and Lucinda (1988; filmed 1997) are more realistic, though Carey used black humour throughout all three. The later novels are based on the history of Australia, especially its founding and early days.
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